A Curse Upon Myself May a tree grow from the roof of my mouth. Mice swim in my sink. My thumbs drop out. May we marry your sister’s cooking. Gather in clumps. Throw glass in a stone house. Oh me is woe. Have a mosquito sing in my ear. Stir my…

Aria by Janette Schafer I let your sheet music sit atop the Bechstein where you left it, one corner slightly raised where it rests on a champagne bottle made into a vase for a silk orchids. The cadenza is stained by a ring of dribbled coffee. The cup’s mouth is dusty and I…

Fishbowl Daydream Drew Pisarra Can a dead goldfish still swim or does it drift around round abandoned castles and trailer park snails, simply out of habit… And what of the fish alive, does it measure time in invisible ripples, is it tirelessly circling in search of escape, is it chasing its tail,…

Number 5 Karlee Patton is a painter, poet, and mixed media artist from small town, Duryea, located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. She received her BA in Visual Art from Keystone College. She was a two-year recipient of Keystone College’s Art Program’s Jo Ann M Donahue Memorial Fund award for her dedication to the art program, received first…

Until Morning by Philip Newton Come to me now at the end of the day When the birds are safe asleep in the thorns Your brave arms and your coffee skin Eyes wet with sleep Sun hiding in your hair I’m tired of little thefts persistent complaints and relentless bitter…